Who:

Dr. Erick Arbenz

Grandson of deposed Guatemalan President Jacobo Arbenz – will talk about the impact of the coup on Guatemala and will make a formal statement to the US government

Professor John Coatsworth

Dean of School of International Public Affairs, Columbia University – will talk about the importance of the coup for the future of US-Latin American relations

Professor Steven Kinzer

Award-winning foreign correspondent; author of Overthrow: America’s Century of Regime Change and co-author of Bitter Fruit: The Untold Story of the American Coup in Guatemala – will talk about the details of the 1954 coup

Professor Rick Wilson

Attorney who took the case of the Arbenz overthrow to the OAS (Organization of American States) – will talk about why this case is important now and its implications